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Psalms 137
Berean Standard Bible
Section headings and translator notes come from the publisher; they are reading aids, distinct from the Bible text.
By the Rivers of Babylon
Verse1By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.
Verse2There on the willows we hung our harps,
Verse3for there our captors requested a song; our tormentors demanded songs of joy: “Sing us a song of Zion.”
Verse4How can we sing a song of the LORD in a foreign land?
Verse5If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand cease to function.
Verse6May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not exalt Jerusalem as my greatest joy!
Verse7Remember, O LORD, the sons of Edom on the day Jerusalem fell: “Destroy it,” they said, “tear it down to its foundations!”
Verse8O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, blessed is he who repays you as you have done to us.
Verse9Blessed is he who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.
Translator notes (1)
- Verse 2: Or poplars